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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Lukashka think he killed?

2. What topics does Sergey capture Marya's curiosity about?

3. Where did Ivan Ilych get appointed to the Court of Justice?

4. What is Marya's first reaction to Sergey?

5. What did Ivan Ilych do when he took his second position?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role do Liza Annenskaya's pregnancies play in "The Devil"?

2. What causes Marya's depression?

3. Describe Dmitri's departure from the Caucasus.

4. How has Marya's attitude about marriage changed by the end of the story?

5. How does illness affect Ivan Ilych?

6. How does Dmitri go about confessing his love to Maryanka?

7. What torments Eugene Irtenev, and how does he plan to end his suffering?

8. Which ending of "The Devil" seems to be preferable?

9. What is Eugene Irtenev's relationship with Stepanida?

10. What happens in the first ambush Lukashka sets up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what extent are Tolstoy's stories instructional, and what are they teaching? Describe the educational value of three of Tolstoy's stories.

Essay Topic 2

Is Tolstoy's literary universe a chaotic one, as people say modern life is chaotic or random--or is it organized around some law or consistency? What law Tolstoy's fictional world organized around?

Essay Topic 3

Based on evidence from three stories of your choice, describe Tolstoy's view of religion and spirituality. What kind of God does Tolstoy invoke in his stories? What religion informs this divinity?

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